Globalization: 1900 to Today
How did indigenous groups respond to extractive industries threatening their environments in the later half of the twentieth century?
Promoting cultural assimilation to benefit from economic opportunities.
Forming alliances across national borders for coordinated activism.
Lobbying for policies that prioritize urban industrial expansion.
Encouraging foreign investment to utilize natural resources more efficiently.
Which organization formed after World War II aimed at promoting international peace and cooperation?
League of Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
United Nations (UN)
World Health Organization (WHO)
What technological innovation after 1900 had significant impacts on global communication and economy?
Creation of television.
Discovery of penicillin.
Development of the Internet.
Invention of the automobile.
In the latter half of the twentieth century, what political strategy did newly independent nations often use to assert their autonomy in an increasingly globalized world?
Non-alignment movement
Colonial mercantilism
Military dictatorship
Colonial charter companies
What was an outcome of increasing global economic interconnectedness for labour patterns in postcolonial nations?
The end of colonialism instigated a rapid decline in urban employment rates worldwide.
Lower-wage industries moved to postcolonial states, creating jobs but also exploitative conditions.
Most postcolonial states transitioned to knowledge-based economies, eliminating traditional manufacturing jobs.
Postcolonial states experienced minimal changes in labour patterns as global trade had little to no impact on local economies.
What was a common motivation for resistance movements against globalization in the late twentieth century?
Protection of local industries and jobs
Advocacy for women’s rights
Promotion of free trade
Amplification of colonial mentality
What are some reasons for resistance against globalization?
Decrease in environmental awareness
Unequal distribution of resources and exploitation of workers' safety and rights
Pop culture and folk culture differences
Global internet connectivity issues

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Which event exemplifies the danger and exploitation workers can face due to globalization?
The launch of social media platforms
The establishment of the World Trade Organization
The collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory in 2013
The spread of pop culture
Which group led the Salt March as an act of nonviolent protest against British rule in India in 1930?
Indian nationalists
Portuguese traders
French colonists
British expatriates
Which of the following best illustrates a limitation in historical evidence when examining the global resistance movements against European imperialism after 1900?
Indigenous oral histories that lack written documentation and are overlooked by historians.
Photographs captured by European travelers illustrating local resistance efforts.
Personal diaries of European settlers discussing their interactions with colonized peoples.
Official records from colonial governments detailing their administrative practices.